طالبان
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طالبان جنگجووں
Taliban fighters
Arabic
Etymology
Proper noun
طَالِبَان • (ṭālibān) f or m
- Taliban (a Deobandi Islamist and largely Pashtun religious political movement founded in Afghanistan in 1994 by mullah Mohammad Omar, which has governed the country from 1996 to 2001 and since 2021)
Declension
Declension of noun طَالِبَان (ṭālibān)
| Singular | basic singular diptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | طَالِبَان ṭālibān |
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| Nominative | — | طَالِبَانُ ṭālibānu |
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| Accusative | — | طَالِبَانَ ṭālibāna |
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| Genitive | — | طَالِبَانَ ṭālibāna |
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Pashto
Noun
طالبان • (tālibān) m
Proper noun
طالبان • (tālibān) m
- Taliban (a Deobandi Islamist and largely Pashtun religious political movement founded in Afghanistan in 1994 by mullah Mohammad Omar, which has governed the country from 1996 to 2001 and since 2021)
Descendants
Persian
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key):
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key):
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key):
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | tāliḇān |
| Dari reading? | tālibān |
| Iranian reading? | tâlebân |
| Tajik reading? | tolibon |
Noun
| Dari | طالبان |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | толибон |
طالبان • (tâlebân)
Proper noun
| Dari | طالبان |
|---|---|
| Iranian Persian | |
| Tajik | Толибон |
طالبان • (tâlebân)
- Taliban (a Deobandi Islamist and largely Pashtun religious political movement founded in Afghanistan in 1994 by mullah Mohammad Omar, which has governed the country from 1996 to 2001 and since 2021)
Urdu
Taliban fighters
Etymology
Borrowed from Pashto طالبان (tālibān).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪ɑː.lɪ.bɑːn/
Noun
طالبان • (tālibān) ?
Proper noun
طالبان • (tālibān) ?
- Taliban (a Deobandi Islamist and largely Pashtun religious political movement founded in Afghanistan in 1994 by mullah Mohammad Omar, which has governed the country from 1996 to 2001 and since 2021)
Derived terms
- طالِبانِ حَق (tālibān-e-haq, “seekers of truth”)
- طالِبانِ فَضِیلَتِ گُسْتار (tālibān-e-fazīlat-e-gustār, “seekers of great eminence”)
Related terms
- طالب انصاف (tālib-e-insāf, “seeker of justice”)
References
- “طالبان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “طالبان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “طالبان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “طالبان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.